Marcus Spears uses colorful language to assess Cowboy’s 1-2 ‘hole’

Even though the Cowboys avoided a massive 0-3 hole by beating the Texans before the bye week, they still face an steep upward climb to the playoffs, several players told reporters Thursday in Irving.

“You’re going to be fighting a 0-2 (hole) all season,” Tony Romo said. “It’s not always just about one other team or a couple of teams, it’s about us getting better throughout the whole year while winning. That’s part of it. We put ourselves in a hole.”

Since 1990, only 22 teams have reached the playoffs after starting 0-2.

“We’re going to have to fight for a long time to get out of this,” Romo said. “It’s not like we accomplished anything yet,” Romo said.

Marcus Spears agreed, but he used much more colorful language to drive home the point that the Cowboys must continue to play with urgency, beginning with Sunday’s game against 2-2 Tennessee.

“After two weeks you’re in the (expletive) house,” ESPNDallas.com quoted Spears as saying. “We ain’t in the penthouse. We’re in between. You’re not really (in the penthouse) until you win it all.”